Mayor Michelle Wu van Boston has blown up to $ 650,000 in city funds in preparation for Wednesday's conference hearing.
The Democrat, 40, is said to bring a dozen employees to the hearing on shrines, those taxpayers cost an extra $ 8,500 extra.
The progressive mayor has also adopted a legal 'team' – the law firm Cahill Gordon & Reindel of Washington DC – which, according to the Boston Herald, charges $ 950 per hour.
The total amount of tax money that WU has splashed to prepare for its day before the congress has surpassed half a million dollars – as the local population, who pay the bill, were ridiculously a 'scam'.
Wu came to the hearing of the Sanctuary City House Oversight Committee on Wednesday with a religious ashkruis on her forehead and she was accompanied by her baby of a month old.
The mayor's office said the Boston Herald: “The PrEP sessions include staff from the mayor's office, the legal department, the police of Boston and other senior advisers and leaders of the cabinet, as well as an external law firm.”
“The city retained Cahill for a rate of $ 950/hour and expects to pay the company up to $ 650,000 for legal work with regard to the hearing of 5 March, committee research and production of related documents.”
Initially, her office said that the legal prep invoice was one costs, but in an update the WU team said: “About 12 employees travel with the mayor to DC, and the estimated costs are around $ 8,500.”
Mayor of Boston Michelle Wu blew up to $ 650,000 in city funds in preparation for Wednesday's conference session. (Shown: Wu at the hearing in Capitol, US)
Prior to the hearing, WU said she was ready to defend Boston, which she also called the 'safest big city in the country'. (Shown: Wu arrives on the hearing with her newborn daughter on Wednesday)
Josh Kraft, the mayor of Wu, said he appreciated it to go to DC to support their city, but hit her for the absurd amount that she only spends on the hearing.
“Mayor Wu said she is going to DC to defend the city, and I support this. My question is: we have to spend $ 650,000 in taxpayers funds on a hearing of a show projauw. 'Kraft, 57, said Tuesday in a post on X.
Her shameful spending caused anger in the same way among the locals of Boston.
One person wrote online: 'Why does it cost so much to fly to DC, answer a few questions and fly home? Why do we pay this kind of money to just go to DC and ask to answer honestly? '
Another added: '$ 650K for legal costs? Dinner? Where does she get the $ 650k from? '
And a third said: 'It should come out of her pocket personally. We already pay for all its illegal immigrants. Now we also have to pay for her violation of the federal law. “Another chimed in:” She doesn't pay for anything. However, Boston's taxpayers are. '
Others wondered if the insane prize would benefit her for the congress.
One person said, “Imagine that we pay 650,000 to be ashamed of the entire country.” A second added: 'It is not as if she can tell the truth or something. Why miss the possibility to abuse the citizen again. '
Another person simply stated: “What an absolute scam.”
The law firm that Wu Koos told the outlet that they were hired as 'external counsel'. Edward O'Callaghen, a main lawyer at the company's DC office, will sit behind Wu during the hearing that starts at 10 am in Capitol building.
She and three other mayors of Sanctuary City from Denver, New York City and Chicago chose to testify after they were each sent a letter in January by supervisory committee Chairman James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky.
In his letter, Comer said that the committee “investigated legal jurisdictions in the United States and their impact on public safety and effectiveness of federal efforts to maintain” the “immigration laws” of the nation.
Prior to the hearing, WU said she was ready to defend Boston, which she also called the 'safest big city in the country'.
“There is so much that we are proud of at home that our progress has made possible together, and there is still so much work that we want to do together,” she went on.
'I would be at home now, but I will never withdraw from an opportunity to defend Boston, defend our residents and defend everything we have achieved together.
'I live the dream every day. I can wake up and work for the inhabitants of the largest city in the world, I can do that work in the most beautiful building in the world, next to the largest colleagues in the world, “said Wu, turned to her democratic allies, including Elizabeth Warren and Ayanna Presley.
Sanctuary cities have taken over in recent years, which limits cooperation between federal immigration authorities and local law enforcement.
Wu is seen alongside mayor Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, mayor Michael Johnston, mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson in Chicago
Her shameful spending caused anger among the locals of Boston, as well as her mayors opponent Josh Kraft. (Depicted: wu shake hands with mayor Adams prior to the hearing)
Boston's Trust ACT – determined in 2014 and changed in 2019 – limits the collaboration with some federal immigration laws and prohibits the Boston police and other city departments to collaborate with ice cream. The Trust Act does allow cooperation in criminal cases.
Since President Donald Trump took over again in January, he has made his mission to combat illegal immigrants who entered the US – a large part of which was done when former President Joe Biden was in the White House.
Trump has specifically commissioned Border Tom Tom Homan with running operations throughout the country to grab as many illegal migrants as possible and to get them back to their home country.
Shortly after Trump was chosen, WU promised to defy his massive deportation efforts in every possible way.
She has insisted that immigrants who live in her city are protected under the threat of deportation.
She and three other mayors of Sanctuary City from Denver, New York City and Chicago chose to testify after they were each sent a letter in January by supervisory committee Chairman James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky. (Depicted: President Donald Trump speaks with the congress on Tuesday evening)
Shortly after Trump (shown on Tuesday), WU promised to defy his massive deportation efforts in every possible way '.
“Elections have consequences and the federal government is responsible for a certain number of actions, and cities – no individual city – can reverse or overwrite some parts of it,” Wu told WCVB earlier.
“We want immigrants to know that it is safe for everyone that it feels comfortable to reach for emergency services, reports a crime, to ask for help and in the general part of our community.”
While he defended her city, Wu admitted that Boston's resources were stretched by a recent influx of migrants.
According to Boston.com, the rise, with the current home crisis, has overwhelmed hiding places for more than a year.
“What we can do is ensure that we participate to protect our residents in every possible way, that we do not cooperate with those efforts that actually threaten the safety of everyone by causing widespread fear and having a large -scale economic impact,” she said.
